YORK CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON JULY 7 FUNDRAISER WITH KEN REID, AND ON THE TIMING OF 10th DISTRICT DEBATE
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Scott York

As planned for many weeks, Scott York will participate and speak at a fundraiser for Republican Board of Supervisors candidate Ken Reid on the evening of July 7 in Leesburg. Reid and York announced their formal support for each other’s nominations last month. This event is one of the final opportunities for both campaigns to solicit delegates for the upcoming Loudoun County Republican Convention. The deadline to file as a Delegate is Sunday afternoon, July 10.

Recently, the 10th District Republican Committee announced a debate on the same evening for candidates in the contested races for Chairman and Sheriff in Loudoun County. Scott York was invited and would enjoy another debate with his opponent, Steve Stockman.

This debate could’ve provided such an opportunity, but Scott has declined to participate and notified 10th District Chairman, Howie Lind, several days ago. The reasons are simple:

(1) the York campaign already has an important event scheduled with prospective delegates on the same evening, and no desire to cut short Scott’s participation to rush to a debate that was scheduled with knowledge of the Reid-York event; and
(2) the York campaign’s focus this week is on recruitment of delegates to the Republican Convention prior to the deadline this Sunday.

We are unsure why the event is continuing to be advertised after we declined to participate.

Instead, please come join us in supporting Ken Reid (flyer here) and Scott York by attending the fundraiser and signing up as a delegate. For more information go to yorkforloudoun.com/delegate or contact the campaign at 571.934.6144.

So the two people who are certainly the front runners won’t be there and this event is still being advertised as a “debate”? It takes logistical skills to put such an event together, especially within less than 3 weeks of the vote, and whoever is driving this bus clearly does not know what they are doing. You can’t just decide “hey, let’s have a debate” and expect everyone to clear their schedules the following week.

Comments

Written by RWN about 5 years ago.

There also is an e-mail going around from an outfit called Loudoun Truth with an address in Culpeper VA that is very critical of Mr. Lind. I agree that hastily put together debates at this juncture in the campaign is ill-advised. It would behoove Howie, whom I have a lot of respect for, to cancel the event or at least offer some truth in advertising that there will not be a debate.

Mr. Chapman also alerted his supporters this week via e-mail that schedule conflicts will not allow him to participate in the debate.

Written by Budoka about 5 years ago.

Let me look into my crystal ball ~~~~ I see Mr. Stockman and Mr. Speakman speaking to the few people they plant at the debate (again) claiming how the other candidates are too scared to come, that they don’t want to get beat, that …wait, the image is fading….This whining is the same kindergarten stuff I want my representatives to be better than. Mr. Chapman, you definitely have my vote now.

Written by Pam about 5 years ago.

Mr. York should not have agreed to debate if he was not going to show. The debate was set up because he agreed, and would not have been set up if he had said no. No one has informed the LCRC that Mr. York is not showing, only Mr. York informed his own supporters… pretty bad if you ask me…

Written by ACTivist about 5 years ago.

Crap!! Lind called last night to tell me about tonight. I told Mama last night so that I could get out tonight. Now I’m being told today that tonight won’t happen so I shouldn’t go out tonight even though I got the okay for tonight from Mama. Anyone else have a rain cloud over their head that is drenching them at this moment today?

Written by Lovisa about 5 years ago.

ACT

Suggestion – Cuddle up with Mama!

Written by ACTivist about 5 years ago.

NoVisa, I tried that and she just wanted to go out and get gas (for the car). Then it was a shower and bed so look at where I am now! (you can’t see it but one of the birds is on my shoulder nodding about what a great guy I am. You know what they say–simple pleasures come with feathers)

Howie Lind’s BFF Michael Giere is a paid consultant for Speakman ($1245 for “creative writing”!!!). This helps explain the ridiculous sequence of events leading up to this “debate”. How much did the robocalls cost and who paid for them?

Written by Eric the 1/2 troll about 5 years ago.

You know, this is what Scott gets for saddling up with the LCRC. Serves him right.

Written by Barbara Munsey about 5 years ago.

Eric, and the Millers is what McG gets for saddling up with the LCDC?

There seems to be a split in the LCRC too–most actual candidates who have been out raising funds, going door to door, doing meet and greets, endorse York.